Wish Assists are wish children who live elsewhere, but whose wishes come true in Southern Nevada. We increased wishes granted by 25% over 2014 levels!

We rely on donated goods and services (“In-Kind”) to grant quality wishes affordably. Despite 14% more wishes granted, FY16 kept total wish cost flat to FY15 levels, and cash costs have been flat for the past 2 fiscal years.

The board approved FY14 and FY15 as investment years in our infrastructure, where expenses exceeded revenues (spending from reserves). But FY16 returned revenue to our reserves and marked a 41% increase in revenue since FY14 levels and 25% higher than FY15 levels.

Though we prefer to celebrate our success with the above measures, we spend 80% of all funds raised on our programs. Non-DWE Program expenses include those for volunteer recruitment, training, and retention as well as our medical outreach programs to find our eligible children and keep our referral sources engaged.